Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/ue

This Proto-Ryukyuan entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Ryukyuan

Etymology

From Proto-Japonic *upai (“above, over”).

Pronunciation

  • Tone class: A

Noun

*ue

  2. above, over

Descendants

  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: 上 (wïï)
    • Kunigami: 上 (ui)
    • Northern Amami Ōshima: 上 ('wïï)
    • Okinawan: 上 ('wī)
    • Okinoerabu: 上 (ui)
    • Southern Amami Ōshima: 上 ('wïï)
    • Tokunoshima: 上 ('wïï)
    • Yoron: 上 (ui)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako:
      Hirara: 上 (ui)
      Ikema: 上 (ui) (tone class A)
      Irabu: 上 (ui)
      Tarama: 上 (ui) (tone class A)
    • Yaeyama: 上 (ui) (tone class A)
    • Yonaguni: 上 (ui) (tone class A)
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